Use of prins and derivatives thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco composition or smoking tobacco article component

ABSTRACT

Described is a process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco composition or smoking tobacco article component comprising the step of adding to a smoking tobacco composition or at least a portion of a smoking tobacco article, an aroma or taste augmenting or enhancing quantity of at least one compound defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein one of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon single bond; wherein the wavy line:  is a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond at all; wherein Z represents hydrogen, --CH 2  --, or C 2  -C 4  acyl; with the proviso that when the wavy line:  is no bond at all, Z represents hydrogen or C 2  -C 4  acyl and when the wavy line:  is a carbon-carbon single bond, then Z represents --CH 2  --.

This application is a divisional of application for U.S. Pat., Ser. No. 267,850 filed on May 28, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,359,412 issued on Nov. 16, 1982.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The instant invention relates to compounds having the genus: ##STR2## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds; wherein the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; wherein when the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond, Z represents methylene and when the wavy line represents no bond, Z represents hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl and includes compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR3## wherein R represents hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl and compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR4## wherein in each of the compound genera, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Inexpensive chemical compounds which can provide intense and long-lasting woody, ionone-like, fruity, floral, amber, cedarwood, vanoris-like, peach, coriander-like, citrusy, oriental and minty aroma nuances are desirable in the art of perfumery. Many of the natural materials which provide such fragrances and contribute such desired nuances to perfumery compositions are high in cost, unobtainable at times, vary in quality from one bath to another and/or are generally subject to the usual variations of natural products.

There is, accordingly, a continuing effort to find synthetic materials which will replace, enhance or augment the fragrance notes provided by natural essential oils or compositions thereof. Unfortunately, many of the synthetic materials either have the desired nuances only to a relatively small degree, or they contribute undesirable or unwanted odor to the compositions.

In addition, there is a continuing search for food flavor compositions which can vary, fortify, modify, enhance, augment or otherwise improve the flavor and/or aroma of foodstuffs, medicinal products, toothpastes, chewing gums and chewing tobaccos. To be satisfactory, such compositions should be stable, non-toxic and blendable with other ingredients to provide their own unique flavor and aroma nuances without detracting from the co-ingredients of the formulations in which they are used. Preferably, such compositions should be naturally occurring or present in natural foodstuffs so that their ingestible safety can be readily recognized. These materials should be capable of being synthesized in a simple and economical manner. Thus, the need for safe flavors in the raisin and rum flavor area is well known particularly in the ice cream, chewing tobacco and yogurt flavor areas. More specifically, there is a need for the development of non-toxic materials which can replace natural materials not readily available, having sweet, floral, coriander-like, fruity, cedarwood-like and oriental aroma characteristics with sweet, vanilla-like. floral, fruity, coriander-like, cedarwood and raisin-like flavoring charcteristics.

In the tobacco flavoring art (pertaining to tobaccos and substitute tobaccos), there is a considerable need for substituents having oriental, fruity, rum-like, and Turkish tobacco-like aroma and taste nuances both prior to and on smoking in the main stream and in the side stream. Specifically described herein are materials having such an organoleptic profile but which are stable with respect to time.

The instant invention provides the foregoing, which the prior art has heretofore failed to provide. Furthermore, the compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR5## have unobvious, unexpected and advantageous organoleptic properties (wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds; wherein the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; wherein when the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond, Z represents methylene and when the wavy line represents no bond, Z represents hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl).

The compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR6## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds; wherein the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; wherein when the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond, Z represents methylene and when the wavy line represents no bond, Z represents hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl are prepared according to the "Prins" reaction, which reaction, basically, involves the reaction of an olefinic double bond-containing compound with formaldehyde or a formaldehyde precursor or formaldehyde source such as trioxane, paraformaldehyde or formalin.

Perfumery compounds are known to have been produced using the Prins section. Thus, the paper entitled "The Olefin-Aldehyde Condensation/The Prins Reaction" by Arundale and Mikeska, Chem. Reviews, 51, 505-55 1952, discloses the reaction to form Nopol acetate, thusly: ##STR7## wherein in the reaction, when glacial acetic acid is added to the reaction mass, the Nopol acetate is formed; yet without the use of glacial acetic acid, Nopol itself is formed.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,100,110 issued on July 11, 1978 (Class 252, subclass 522) discloses compounds for use in perfumery which are obtained by performing a Prins reaction on longifolene including primary and secondary alcohols, their esters and corresponding aldehydes and ketones. Specifically, in Example 1, column 7 of U.S. Pat. No. 4,100,110 discloses the preparation of compounds having the structures: ##STR8## for use in perfumery as a result of their cedarwood-vetiver aroma.

The compounds of the prior art and processes of the prior art are different in kind and yield materials having organoleptic properties in kind from the compounds of the instant invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. AA represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of Example A using a 70% sulfuric acid catalyst at 35° C.

FIG. AB represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of Example A using an Amberlyst® 15 acidic ion exchange resin catalyst at a temperature of 150° C.

FIG. AC represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of Example A using an Amberlyst® 15 catalyst at 100° C.

FIG. AD represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of Example A using a sulfuric acid catalyst and an alpha-methyl styrene diluent at 35° C. according to the conditions of United Kingdom Patent Specification No. 796,130 (crude reaction product).

FIG. AE represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of Example A using a sulfuric acid catalyst at 35° C. and an alpha-methyl styrene diluent according to the conditions of United Kingdom Patent Specification No. 796,130 (distilled reaction product).

FIG. BA represents the NMR spectrum for peak 1 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE. Peak 1 has been determined by analysis to be the compound having the structure: ##STR9##

FIG. BB represents the infra-red spectrum for peak 1 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE.

FIG. CA represents the NMR spectrum for peak 2 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE. Peak 2 contains the compounds having the structures: ##STR10##

FIG. CB represents the infra-red spectrum for peak 2 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE.

FIG. D represents the NMR spectrum for peak 2 of the GLC profile of FIG. AB.

FIG. 1 is the GLC profile for the reaction product produced according to Example I containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the generic structure: ##STR11## wherein in the mixture in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 2 is the GLC profile for fraction 8 of the distillation product of the reaction product of Example I containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the generic structure: ##STR12## wherein in each of the molecules in the mixture, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 3 is the NMR spectrum for the reaction product of Example I containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR13## wherein in each of the molecules of this genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 4 is the infra-red spectrum for the reaction product of Example I containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR14## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 5 is the GLC profile for the reaction product of Example II containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR15## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 6 is the NMR spectrum for fraction 7 of the distillation product of the reaction product of Example II wherein there is present a mixture defined according to the genus: ##STR16## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 7 is the infra-red spectrum for the reaction product of Example II containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR17## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 8 is the GLC profile for the reaction product of Example III containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR18## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 9 is the NMR spectrum for the reaction product of Example III containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR19## wherein in the genus in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 10 is the infra-red spectrum for the reaction product of Example III containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR20## wherein in the genus in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 11 is the GLC profile for bulked fractions 1-6 of the distillation product of the reaction product of Example IV containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR21## wherein in the genus in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 12 is the NMR spectrum for the major peak in the GLC profile of FIG. 11 which consists of the compound having the structure: ##STR22##

FIG. 13 is the IR spectrum for the major component of the GLC profile of FIG. 11 produced according to Example IV consisting of the compound having the structure: ##STR23##

FIG. 14 is the GLC profile for fraction 2 of the distillation product of the reaction product of Example V(A) containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR24## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 15 is the GLC profile for fraction 9 of the distillation product of the reaction product of Example V(A) containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR25## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 16 is the NMR spectrum for the reaction product of Example V(A) containing a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR26## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 17 is the infra-red spectrum for peak 2 of the GLC profile of FIG. 14 containing a mixture of compounds (produced by the reaction set forth in Example V(A)) defined according to the genus: ##STR27## wherein in each of the molecules of the genus, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

FIG. 18 is the infra-red spectrum for the reaction product of Example V(B).

RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS

    ______________________________________                                         Ser.                                                                           No.   Filing Date                                                                               Title                                                         ______________________________________                                         233,861                                                                              February 12,                                                                              "ALIPHATIC C.sub.11 BRANCHED                                        1981       CHAIN ALDEHYDES AND ALCO-                                                      HOLS, PROCESS FOR PREPARING                                                    SAME AND USES THEREOF IN                                                       AUGMENTING OR ENHANCING                                                        THE AROMA OF PERFUMES,                                                         COLOGNES AND/OR PERFUMED                                                       ARTICLES"                                                     212,887                                                                              December 4,                                                                               "BRANCHED CHAIN OLEFINIC                                            1980       ALCOHOLS, THIOLS, ESTERS                                                       AND ETHERS, ORGANOLEPTIC                                                       USES THEREOF, PROCESSES FOR                                                    PREPARING SAME AND INTER-                                                      MEDIATES THEREFOR"                                                  April 9, 1981                                                                             "BRANCHED CHAIN OLEFINIC                                                       ALCOHOLS, THIOLS, ESTERS AND                                                   ETHERS, ORGANOLEPTIC USES                                                      THEREOF, PROCESSES FOR PRE-                                                    PARING SAME AND INTER-                                                         MEDIATES THEREFOR"                                            ______________________________________                                    

THE INVENTION

The present invention provides compounds defined according to the generic structure: ##STR28## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds; wherein the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond at all; when the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond, Z represents --CH₂ -- and when the wavy line represents no bond at all, Z represents hydrogen, or C₂ -C₄ acyl. Thus, more specifically, when the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond, the genus is more specific in the structure: ##STR29## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds; and where the wavy line represents no bond at all, the genus is represented by the structure: ##STR30## wherein R represent hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl and one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Collectively, the genus defined according to the structure: ##STR31## wherein the dashed lines, wavy line and the Z are defined as above, is called "one or more Prins reaction products".

The Prins reaction products of our invention produced according to the process of our invention are capable of augmenting or enhancing sweet, floral, coriander-like, fruity, cedarwood and oriental aroma characteristics and sweet, vanilla-like, floral, fruity, coriander-like, cedarwood-like and raisin taste characteristics of foodstuffs, foodstuff flavors, chewing gums, chewing gum flavors, chewing tobaccos, chewing tobacco flavors, medicinal products, medicinal product flavors, toothpastes and toothpaste flavors.

The Prins reaction products of our invention as well as mixtures thereof are also capable of modifying or enhancing the aroma characteristics of perfume compositions, colognes and perfumed articles (including soaps, nonionic, anionic, cationic and zwitterionic detergents and fabric softener articles) by imparting thereto woody, ionone-like, fruity, floral, amber, cedarwood-like, vanoris-like, peach, coriander-like, oriental, citrusy and minty aroma nuances, thus fulfilling a need in the field of perfumery.

In tobacco, tobacco flavoring, substitute tobacco and substitute tobacco flavoring compositions, the Prins reaction products of our invention produced according to the process of our invention impart oriental, fruitwood-like, rum-like, and Turkish tobacco-like aroma and taste nuances to smoking tobacco and substitute smoking tobaccos prior to and on smoking in both the main stream and the side stream.

The Prins reaction is carried out on diisoamylene with formaldehyde or a formaldehyde precursor such as formalin or paraformaldehyde in the presence of or in the absence of an acyl anhydride and in the presence of an acid catalyst; either a Lewis acid such as borontrifluoride etherate or stannic chloride or the like, or a protonic acid such as sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid.

Depending on whether an acyl anhydride is used or not; and depending on whether a protonic acid or a Lewis acid catalyst is used; and depending upon whether formaldehyde or trioxane or paraformaldehyde is used as a precursor reactant, the resulting product encompassed within the generic structure: ##STR32## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds; wherein the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; wherein when the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond, Z represents methylene and when the wavy line represents no bond, Z represents hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl, will be different, that is, it will be either one of the compounds encompassed by the generic structure: ##STR33## wherein R represents hydrogen or wherein R represents C₂ -C₄ acyl or it will be one of the generic structures defined ##STR34## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and wherein each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

With respect to the diisoamylene precursor, "diisoamylene" is a dimer of isoamylene wherein the dimerization takes place in the presence of acid. "Diisoamylene" is indicated to be synthesized in the following references:

(i) Murphy & Lane, Ind. Eng. Chem., Prod. Res. Dev., Vol. 14, No. 3, 1975 p. 167 (Title: Oligomerization of 2-Methyl-2-Butene in Sulfuric Acid and Sulfuric-Phosphoric Acid Mixtures).

(ii) Whitmore & Mosher, Vol. 68, J. Am. Chem. Soc., February, 1946, p. 281 (Title: The Depolymerization of 3,4,5,5-Tetramethyl-2-hexene and 3,5,5-Trimethyl-2-heptene in Relation to the Dimerization of Isoamylenes).

(iii) Whitemore & Stahly, Vol. 67, J. Am. Chem. Soc., December, 1945, p. 2158 (Title: The Polymerization of Olefins. VIII The Depolymerization of Olefins in Relation to Intramolecular Rearrangements. II).

(iv) U.S. Pat. No. 3,627,700, issued on December 14, 1971, (Zuech).

(v) U.S. Pat. No. 3,538,181, issued on Nov. 3, 1970 (Banks).

(vi) U.S. Pat. No. 3,461,184, issued on Aug. 12, 1969 (Hay, et al).

(vii) Gurwitsch, Chemische Berichte, 1912, Vol. 2, p. 796 (Production of Di-isoamylene from Isoamylene Using Mercury Acetate Catalyst).

United Kingdom Pat. No. 796,130 published on June 4, 1958 discloses the synthesis of polyalkylindanes by means of, interalia, reacting alpha-methylstyrene with trimethylethene (2-methyl-butene-2) in the presence of an acid catalyst such as, sulfuric acid or boron trifluoride etherate. It is further indicated that such compounds are useful intermediates in the production of perfumery compounds. Apparently, however, the more volatile diisoamylenes produced as side-products in the reaction of 2-methyl-butene-2 with alpha-methylstyrene have heretofore been discarded.

The "formaldehyde" precursor is shown as having the structure: ##STR35## yet, in place of formaldehyde itself, trioxane having the structure: ##STR36## or paraformaldehyde having the structure: ##STR37## wherein X is an integer of from 2 up to 40 may be used in place of formaldehyde. Whenever formaldehyde having the structure: ##STR38## is shown in a reaction with quotation marks around it thusly, it is intended that this particular term mean either formaldehyde itself or trioxane or paraformaldehyde or formalin or any other form of formaldehyde.

When the Prins reaction of my invention is carried out using paraformaldehyde as a precursor with the diisoamylene and using a Lewis acid catalyst such as borontrifluoride etherate, stannic chloride, zinc chloride, zinc bromide, diethyl aluminum chloride, aluminum diethyl chloride, or the like, and in the presence of an acyl anhydride having the structure: ##STR39## wherein R₁ and R₂ may be the same or different and each represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl, a compound having the structure: ##STR40## wherein R₁₂ represents R₁ or R₂ and one of the dashed lines in the resulting material is a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines are carbon-carbon single bonds.

When the reaction is carried out using formaldehyde per se, rather than paraformaldehyde, however, even in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst such as stannic chloride or boron trifluoride etherate, and even in the presence of an acyl anhydride having the structure: ##STR41## the compound that is formed is an alcohol defined according to the generic structure: ##STR42## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

When the reaction is carried out using formaldehyde alone, in the absence of an acyl anhydride, the reaction product is also the alcohol defined according to the structure: ##STR43## however, the alcohol at this particular point is formed in yields lower than that when compared to the reaction carried out first forming the ester having the structure: ##STR44## and then hydrolyzing this ester having the structure: ##STR45## to form the alcohol having the structure: ##STR46## wherein in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Once the ester having the generic structure: ##STR47## is formed, wherein R₁₂ represents R₁ and R₂ and each are the same or different and each represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl, this material may be hydrolyzed in the presence of base to form, in relatively high yields, a mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR48##

However, when using in place of a Lewis acid catalyst, a protonic acid catalyst such as sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid, even when using an acyl anhydride having the structure: ##STR49## the reaction product rather than having the structure: ##STR50## wherein R is hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl, is cyclic in nature having the structure: ##STR51## whereby 2 moles of formaldehyde react with 1 mole of diisoamylene to form such molecules having the structure: ##STR52## rather than the case where 1 mole of formaldehyde reacts as is the case in the presence of the Lewis acid catalyst forming the structure: ##STR53##

Where one of the compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR54## is formed wherein R₁₂ represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl and one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds, this compound may be used "as is" for its organoleptic properties or it may be hydrolyzed in the presence of base to form one of the compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR55## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds. Again, this compound can be used "as is" for its organoleptic properties or it may be re-esterified with another alkanoic acid anhydride having the structure: ##STR56## wherein R₃ and R₄ are the same or different and each represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl whereby one of the compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR57## is formed wherein R₃₄ is C₁ -C₃ alkyl and one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Thus, the reaction sequences encompassed by my invention are as follows:

(a) The reaction of the alkanoic acid anhydride with diisoamylene and formaldehyde in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst to form the C₁₁ alcohol ester thusly: ##STR58## wherein R₁ and R₂ are the same or different and each represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl; wherein R₁₂ is R₁ or R₂ and represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl and wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds;

(b) The hydrolysis reaction: ##STR59## wherein R₁₂ and the dashed lines are defined as above; (c) The re-esterification reaction: ##STR60## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds and wherein R₃ and R₄ are the same or different C₁ -C₃ alkyl; and wherein R₃₄ is R₃ or R₄ and represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl; and

(d) The reaction of the diisoamylene with formaldehyde and an alkanoic acid anhydride in the presence of a protonic acid catalyst thusly: ##STR61## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

In the esterification reaction: ##STR62## the Lewis acid may be borontrifluoride etherate, stannic chloride, zinc chloride, zinc bromide, ethyl aluminum dichloride, diethyl aluminum chloride, or aluminum trichloride. R₁ and R₂ may be the same or different and each represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, isopropyl or n-propyl. The formaldehyde used may be and is preferably paraformaldehyde, however, trioxane may also be used. Formaldehyde itself or formalin should not be used if the ester is attempted to be formed since low yields of alcohol will be formed rather than the ester in accordance with the reaction: ##STR63## Trioxane has the structure: ##STR64## Paraformaldehyde is indicated by the structure: ##STR65##

The mole ratio of diisoamylene:formaldehyde (as paraformaldehyde or as trioxane) may vary from about 1:2 up to about 2:1 with a preferred mole ratio of about 1:1. The mole ratio of acyl anhydride:diisoamylene may vary from about 1:1 up to about 2:1 acyl anhydride:diisoamylene with a preferred mole ratio of 1.4-1.5:1 of acyl anhydride:diisoamylene. The concentration of diisoamylene in the reaction mass is preferably from about 1 mole per liter up to about 5 moles per liter.

The concentration of Lewis acid in the reaction mass may vary from about 0.01 moles per liter up to about 0.5 moles per liter.

The reaction temperature may vary from about 50° C. up to about 150° C. depending on the pressure above the reaction mass and depending upon the time desired to complete the reaction for a given particular yield. When higher temperatures are used, the time of reaction required for completion is shorter, however, the yield is lower and the quantity of by-product formed is greater. The most desirable reaction temperature varies between 80° and 110° C. It is most preferable to carry out the reaction at atmospheric pressure. Higher reaction pressures or lower reaction pressures do not give rise to a higher yield or higher conversion rate.

At the end of the reaction, the reaction mass may be "worked-up" in the usual way by means of, for example, distillation or chromatographic separation, e.g. commercial high-pressure liquid chromatography.

In carrying out the hydrolysis reaction to form the C₁₁ unsaturated alcohol thusly: ##STR66## the mole ratio of ester having the structure: ##STR67## to alkali metal hydroxide, e.g., potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide or lithium hydroxide, may vary from about 1:2 up to about 2:1 with an excess of alkali metal hydroxide being preferred. That is, it is preferred that the mole ratio of alkali metal hydroxide:ester having the structure: ##STR68## be about 2:1. It is preferred that the hydrolysis reaction to form the compound having the structure: ##STR69## be carried out using highly concentrated base, e.g., from about 30% up to about 50% concentration. Concentration of ester having the structure: ##STR70## in the reaction mass may vary from about 2 moles per liter up to about 8 moles per liter with a concentration of 2-3 moles per liter of ester having the structure: ##STR71## being preferred. The concentration of caustic is preferably double the concentration of ester. Thus, the concentration of caustic may vary from about 3 moles per liter up to about 10 moles per liter with a preferred concentration of caustic being about 5 moles per liter. The temperature of hydrolysis is preferably between about 50° C. up to about 80° C. with a hydrolysis temperature of 65° C. being preferred, at atmospheric pressure. Pressures above atmospheric pressure or below atmospheric pressure may be used for the hydrolysis reaction but using higher or lower pressures does not give rise to any advantage insofar as yield or conversion per unit time is concerned. Indeed, most economically, the reaction pressure for this hydrolysis reaction is preferably 1 atmosphere.

At the end of the hydrolysis reaction, the reaction mass may be appropriately worked up as by pH adjustment and fractional distillation thereby yielding the C₁₁ unsaturated alcohol having one of the structures: ##STR72## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

If desired, the re-esterification reaction which may be represented thusly: ##STR73## takes place wherein R₃ and R₄ are the same or different and each represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl and R₃₄ represents one of R₃ or R₄ and represents C₁ -C₃ alkyl. The re-esterification is usually carried out in order to create a higher yield of ester than that previously formable by means of the original reaction of acyl anhydride. Thus, if the initial reaction is carried out with acetic anhydride and it is ultimately desired to provide the propionate ester or the isobutyrate ester, then the most desirable route to take is to first form the acetate estate; then hydrolyze same and finally react the C₁₁ unsaturated alcohol with propionic anhydride according to the reaction: ##STR74##

The mole ratio of acyl anhydride:C₁₁ unsaturated alcohol may vary from about 1:1 up to about 3:1 with a mole ratio of acyl anhydride, e.g., n-propionic anhydride:C₁₁ unsaturated alcohol of 2:1 being preferred.

The temperature of the esterification reaction, if carried out at atmospheric pressure, is preferably between 100° and 120° C. Higher pressures of reaction, that is, higher than atmospheric, are neither desired nor are they advantageous. By the same token, lower pressures of reaction are neither desired nor advantageous insofar as yield or conversion of reaction product.

At the end of the reaction, the reaction mass is worked up in the usual manner by first neutralizing the excess alkanoic acid anhydride with caustic and then neutralizing the reaction mass. The reaction mass is then distilled through a fractional distillation column to yield product acceptable from an organoleptic standpoint.

In carrying out the Prins reaction to form the cyclic ether, according to the reaction: ##STR75## it is preferred that as a formaldehyde source, paraformaldehyde be used. Furthermore, it is preferred that the acid catalyst be concentrated sulfuric acid or concentrated phosphoric acid or concentrated paratoluene sulfonic acid or concentrated methane sulfonic acid.

The reaction may be carried out using a mole ratio of effective formaldehyde (as paraformaldehyde):diisoamylene of from 2:1 up to 1:2 with an effective mole ratio of formaldehyde:diisoamylene which is preferred being 2:1. The concentration of sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid or methane sulfonic acid or other protonic acid in the reaction mass, may vary from about 0.01 moles per liter up to about 1 mole per liter with a preferred concentration of protonic acid catalyst being from 0.1 up to 0.2 moles per liter. The mole ratio of acyl anhydride, preferably acetic anhydride:diisoamylene may vary from about 1:4 up to about 1:1 with a preferred mole ratio of acyl anhydride:diisoamylene being about 1:2. The reaction temperature may vary from about 50° C. up to about 120° C. but the preferred reaction temperature is 85°-95° C.

The reaction can be carried out at atmospheric pressure, super-atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressure. No advantage exists either in conversion or yield when using super-atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressure. Accordingly, it is most expeditious to utilize atmospheric pressures and a reaction temperature of from about 85° up to 95° C. in this reaction.

The following table sets forth the reaction products of my invention and the corresponding organoleptic properties:

                                      TABLE I                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Structure of    Perfume  Food Flavor                                                                             Tobacco Flavor                               Reaction Product                                                                               Properties                                                                              Properties                                                                              Properties                                   __________________________________________________________________________      ##STR76##      A woody, ionone- like, fruity and floral aroma with                            oriental nuances.                                                                       Raspberry seed aroma and taste.                                                         An oriental, fruit, rum-like and                                               Turkish tobacco-like aroma and taste                                           prior to and on smoking in the main                                            stream and the side stream.                   ##STR77##      A woody, amber and floral aroma with minty                                     and oriental-like nuances.                                                              A minty and raspberry seed- like aroma and                                     taste.   An oriental, Turkish tobacco- like                                             aroma and taste both prior to and on                                           smoking in the main stream and the side                                        stream.                                       ##STR78##      A fruity, floral, woody and cedar- wood aroma with amber                       and oriental topnotes.                                                                  An intense, strawberry/rasp- berry aroma and                                   taste.    A fruity, rum- like aroma and taste                                           both prior to and on smoking in the                                            main stream and the side stream.              ##STR79##      A fruity vanoris- like, peach-like, coriander-like,                            cedarwood and oriental aroma.                                                           A sweet, floral, coriander-like, fruity,                                       cedarwood and oriental aroma with a sweet,                                     vanolin- like, floral, fruity, coriander- like,                                cedarwood and raisin taste causing it to be                                    useful in raisin and rum flavors.                                                       An oriental, fruity, rum-like, Turkish                                         tobacco- like aroma and taste both                                             prior to and on smoking in the main                                            stream and the side stream.                   ##STR80##      A woody, ionone- like, orientsl and citrusy aroma with                         minty topnotes.                                                                         An intense, minty and citrus fruit and lemon                                   peel aroma and taste.                                                                   A woody, cigar box, Turkish tobacco-like                                        aroma and taste both prior to and on                                          smoking in the main stream and the side                                        stream.                                      __________________________________________________________________________

When the Prins reaction products produced according to the process of my invention are used as food flavor adjuvants, the nature of the co-ingredient included with the Prins reaction products used in formulating the product composition will also serve to alter, modify, augment or enhance the organoleptic characteristics of the ultimate foodstuff treated therewith.

As used herein in regard to flavors, the terms "alter", "modify" and "augment" in their various forms means "supplying or imparting flavor character or note to otherwise bland, relatively tasteless substances or augmenting the existing flavor characteristic where a natural flavor is deficient in some regard or supplementing the existing flavor impression to modify its quality, character or taste".

The term "enhance" is used herein to mean the intensification of a flavor or aroma characteristic or note without the modification of the quality thereof. Thus, "enhancement" of a flavor or aroma means that the enhancement agent does not add any additional flavor note.

As used herein, the term "foodstuff" includes both solid and liquid ingestible materials which usually do, but need not, have nutritional value. Thus, foodstuffs include soups, convenience foods, beverages, dairy products, candies, chewing gums, vegetables, cereals, soft drinks, snacks and the like.

As used herein, the term "medicinal product" includes both solids and liquids which are ingestible non-toxic materials which have medicinal value such as cough syrups, couth drops, aspirin and chewable medicinal tablets.

The term "chewing gum" is intended to mean a composition which comprises a substantially water-insoluble chewable plastic gum base such as chicle, or substitutes therefor, including jelutong, guttakay rubber or certain comestible natural or synthetic resins or waxes. Incorporated with the gum base in admixture therewith may be plasticizers or softening agents, e.g., glycerine; and a flavoring composition which incorporates the Prins reaction products produced according to the process of my invention and, in addition, sweetening agents which may be sugars, including sucrose or dextrose and/or artificial sweeteners such as cyclamates or saccharine. Other optional ingredients may also be present.

Substances for use herein as co-ingredients or flavoring adjuvants are well known in the art for such use, being extensively described in the relevant literature. It is a requirement that any such material be "ingestibly" acceptable and thus non-toxic and otherwise non-deleterious particularly from an organoleptic standpoint whereby the ultimate flavor and/or aroma of the consumable material used is not caused to have unacceptable aroma and taste nuances. Such materials may, in general, be characterized as flavoring adjuvants or vehicles comprising broadly stabilizers, thickeners, surface active agents, conditioners, other flavorants and flavor intensifiers.

Stabilizer compounds include preservatives, e.g., sodium chloride; antioxidants, e.g., calcium and sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, butylated hydroxy-anisole (mixture of 2- and 3-tertiary-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole), butylated hydroxy toluene (2,6-di-tertiary-butyl-4-methyl phenol), propyl gallate and the like and sequestrants, e.g., citric acid.

Thickener compounds include carriers, binders, protective colloids, suspending agents, emulsifiers and the like, e.g., agar agar, carrageenan; cellulose and cellulose derivatives such as carboxymethyl cellulose and methyl cellulose; natural and synthetic gums such as gum arabic, gum tragacanth; gelatin, proteinaceous materials, lipids, carbohydrates; starches, pectins and emulsifiers, e.g., mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, skim milk powder, hexoses, pentoses, disaccharides, e.g. sucrose, corn syrup and the like.

Surface active agents include emulsifying agents, e.g., fatty acids such as capric acid, caprylic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid and the like, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, lecithin, defoaming and flavor-dispersing agents such as sorbitan monostearate, potassium stearate, hydrogenated tallow alcohol and the like.

Conditioners include compounds such as bleaching and maturing agents, e.g., benzoyl peroxide, calcium peroxide, hydrogen peroxide and the like, starch modifiers such as peracetic acid, sodium chlorite, sodium hypochlorite, propylene oxide, succinic anhydride and the like, buffers and neutralizing agents, e.g., sodium acetate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonion phosphate, citric acid, lactic acid, vinegar and the like, colorants, e.g. carminic acid, cochineal, tumeric and curcuma and the like; firming agents such as aluminum sodium sulfate, calcium chloride and calcium gluconate; texturizers, anti-caking agents, e.g., aluminum calcium sulfate and tribasic calcium phosphate; enzymes; yeast foods, e.g., calcium lactate and calcium sulfate; nutrient supplements, e.g., iron salts such as ferric phosphate, gerrous gluconate and the like, riboflavin, vitamins, zinc sources such as zinc chloride, zinc sulfate and the like.

Other flavorants and flavor intensifiers include organic acids, e.g. acetic acid, formic acid, 2-hexenoic acid, benzoic acid, n-butyric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, cinnamic acid, isobutyric acid, isovaleric acid, alpha-methyl-butyric acid, propionic acid, valeric acid, 2-methyl-2-pentenoic acid and 2-methyl-3-pentenoic acid; ketones and aldehydes, e.g. acetaldehyde, acetophenone, acetone, acetyl methyl carbinol, acrolein, n-butanal, crotonal, diacetyl, 2-methyl butanal, β,β-dimethyl acrolein, methyl-n-amyl ketone, n-hexanal, 2-hexenal, isopentanal, hydrocinnanic aldehyde, cis-3-hexenal, 2-heptenal nonyl aldehyde, 4-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-butanone, alpha-ionone, beta-ionone, methyl-3-butanone, benzaldehyde, β-damascone, β-damascenone, acetophenone, 2-heptanone, o-hydroxyacetophenone, 2-methyl-2-hepten-6-one, 2-octanone, 2-undecanone, 3-phenyl-4-pentenal, 2-phenyl-2-hexenal, 2-phenyl-2-pentenal, furfural, 5-methyl furfural, cinnamaldehyde, beta-cyclohomocitral, 2-pentanone, 2-pentenal and propanal; alcohols such as 1-butanol, benzyl alcohol, 1-borneol, trans-2-buten-1-ol, ethanol, geraniol, 1-hexanol, 2-heptanol, trans-2-hexenol-1, cis-3-hexen-1-ol, 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol, 1-pentanol, 1-penten-3-ol, p-hydroxyphenyl-2-ethanol, isoamyl alcohol, isofenchyl alcohol, phenyl-2-ethanol, alpha-terpineol, cis-terpineol hydrate, eugenol, linalool, 2-heptanol, acetoin; esters, such as butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, ethyl acetoacetate, ethyl benzoate, ethyl butyrate, ethyl caprate, ethyl caproate, ethyl caprylate, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl crotonate, ethyl formate, ethyl isobutyrate, ethyl isovalerate, ethyl laurate, ethyl myristate, ethyl alpha-methylbutyrate, ethyl propionate, ethyl salicylate, trans-2-hexenyl acetate, n-hexyl acetate, 2-hexenyl butyrate, hexyl butyrate, isoamyl acetate, isopropyl butyrate, methyl acetate, methyl butyrate, methyl caproate, methyl isobutyrate, alpha-methylphenylglycidate, ethyl succinate, isobutyl cinnamate, cinnamyl formate, methyl cinnamate and terpenyl acetate; hydrocarbons such as dimethyl naphthalene, dodecane, methyl diphenyl, methyl naphthalene, myrcene, naphthalene, octadecane, tetradecane, tetramethyl naphthalene, tridecane, trimethyl naphthalene, undecane, caryophyllene, 1-phellandrene, p-cymene, 1-alpha-pinene; pyrazines, such as 2,3-dimethylpyrazine, 2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2,6-dimethylpyrazine, 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-3,5,6-trimethylpyrazine, 3-isoamyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 5-isoamyl-2,3-dimethylpyrazine, 2-isoamyl-3,5,6-trimethylpyrazine, isopropyl dimethylpyrazine, methyl ethylpyrazine, tetramethylpyrazine, trimethylpyrazine; essential oils, such as jasmine absolute, cassia oil, cinnamon bark oil, rose absolute, orris absolute, lemon essential oil, Bulgarian rose, yara yara and vanilla; lactones, such as δ-nonalactone; sulfides, e.g., methyl sulfide and other materials such as maltol, acetoin and acetals (e.g., 1,1-diethoxyethane, 1,1-dimethoxyethane and dimethoxymethane).

The specific flavoring adjuvant selected for use may be either solid or liquid depending upon the desired physical form of the ultimate product, i.e., foodstuff, whether simulated or natural, ahd should, in any event, (i) be organoleptically compatible with the Prins reaction product(s) of my invention by not covering or spoiling the organoleptic properties (aroma and/or taste) thereof; (ii) be non-reactive with one or more of the Prins reaction products of my invention and (iii) be capable of providing an environment in which the Prins reaction product(s) of my invention can be dispersed or admixed to provide a homogeneous medium. In addition, selection of one or more flavoring adjuvants, as well as the quantities thereof will depend upon the precise organoleptic character desired in the finished product. Thus, in the case of flavoring compositions, ingredient selection will vary in accordance with the foodstuff, chewing gum, medicinal product or toothpaste or chewing tobacco to which the flavor and/or aroma are to be imparted, modified, altered or enhanced. In contradistinction, in the preparation of solid products, e.g., simulated foodstuffs, ingredients capable of providing normally solid compositions should be selected such as various cellulose derivatives.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the amount of Prins reaction product(s) or derivatives thereof of my invention employed in a particular instance can vary over a relatively wide range, depending upon the desired organoleptic effects to be achieved. Thus, correspondingly greater amounts would be necessary in those instances wherein the ultimate food composition to be flavored (e.g., a "raisin-rum cake") is relatively bland to the taste, whereas relatively minor quantities may suffice for purposes of enhancing the composition merely deficient in natural flavor or aroma, (e.g. when actual raisins and rum are present in the foodstuff such as the cake). The primary requirement is that the amount selected by effective, i.e. sufficient to alter, modify or enhance the organoleptic characteristics of the parent composition, whether foodstuff per se, chewing gum per se, medicinal product per se, toothpaste per se, chewing tobacco per se or flavoring composition.

The use of insufficient quantities of one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention will, of course, substantially vitiate any possibility of obtaining the desired results while excess quantities prove needlessly costly and in extreme cases, may disrupt the flavor-aroma balance, thus proving self-defeating. Accordingly, the terminology "effective amount" and "sufficient amount" is to be accorded a significance in the content of the present invention consistent with the obtention of desired flavoring effects.

Thus, and with respect to ultimate food compositions, chewing gum compositions, medicinal product compositions, chewing tobacco compositions and toothpaste compositions, it is found that quantities of one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention ranging from a small but effective amount, e.g., about 0.2 parts per million up to about 150 parts per million based on total food composition or chewing gum composition, or medicinal product composition or toothpaste composition or chewing tobacco composition are suitable. Concentrations in excess of the maximum quantity stated are not normally recommended since they fail to provide commensurate enhancement of organoleptic properties. In those instances where one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention is added to the foodstuff as an integral component of a flavoring composition, it is, of course, essential that the total quantity of flavoring composition employed be sufficient to yield an effective concentration of one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention in the foodstuff product.

Food flavoring compositions containing one or more of the compounds prepared in accordance with the present invention preferably contain one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives in concentrations ranging from about 0.02% up to about 15% by weight of the total weight of said flavoring composition.

The compositions described herein can be prepared according to conventional techniques well known as typified by cake batters and fruit drinks and can be formulated by merely admixing the involved ingredients within the proportions stated in a suitable blender to obtain the desired consistency, homogeneity of dispersion, etc. Alternatively, flavoring compositions in the form of particulate solids can be conveniently prepared by mixing one or more of the Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with my invention with, for example, gum arabic, gum tragacanth, xanthan gum, carrageenan and the like, and thereafter spray-drying the resultant mixture whereby to obtain the particulate solid product. Pre-prepared flavor mixes in powder form, e.g. a fruit flavored or rum flavored powder mix are obtained by mixing the dried solid components, e.g., starch, sugar and the like and one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention in a dry blender until the requisite degree of uniformity is achieved.

It is presently preferred to combine one or more Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention with at least one of the following adjuvants:

p-Hydroxybenzyl acetone;

Geraniol;

Cassia Oil;

Acetaldehyde;

Maltol;

Ethyl methyl phenyl glycidate;

Benzyl acetate;

Dimethyl sulfide;

Eugenol;

Vanillin;

Caryophyllene;

Methyl cinnamate;

Guiacol;

Ethyl pelargonate;

Cinnamaldehyde;

Methyl Anthranilate;

5-Methyl furfural;

Isoamyl Acetate;

Isobutyl acetate;

Cuminaldehyde;

Alpha ionone;

Cinnamyl formate;

Ethyl butyrate;

Methyl cinnamate;

Acetic acid;

Gamma-undecalactone;

Naphthyl ethyl ether;

Diacetyl;

Furfural;

Ethyl acetate;

Anethole;

2,3-Dimethyl pyrazine;

2-Ethyl-3-methyl pyrazine;

3-Phenyl-4-pentenal;

2-Phenyl-2-hexenal;

2-Phenyl-2-pentenal;

3-Phenyl-4-pentenal diethyl acetal;

β-Damascone (1-crotonyl-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-ene);

β-Damascenone (1-crotonyl-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-diene);

Beta-cyclohomocitral (2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-ene carboxaldehyde)

Isoamyl butyrate;

Cis-3-hexenol-1;

2-Methyl-2-pentenoic acid;

Elemecine (4-allyl-1,2,6-trimethoxybenzene);

Isoelemecine (4-propenyl-1,2,6-trimethoxybenzene); and

2-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl) norbornadiene

rum essence

3-hydroxy butyric acid

2-hydroxy butyric acid

N-methyl anthranilate

cyclotene

ethyl cyclotene

n-propyl cyclotene

gin berry essence

One or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention and one or more auxiliary perfume ingredients including, for example, alcohols other than the C₁₁ unsaturated alcohols of my invention, aldehydes, ketones, terpenic hydrocarbons, nitriles, esters other than the Prins reaction products of my invention, lactones, natural essential oils and synthetic essential oils may be admixed so that the combined odors of the individual components produce a pleasant and desired fragrance, particularly, and preferably, in rose fragrances. Such perfume compositions usually contain (a) the main note or the "bouquet" or foundation stone of the composition; (b) modifiers which round off and accompany the main note; (c) fixatives which include odorous substances which lend a particular note to the perfume throughout all states of evaporation and substances which retard evaporation; and (d) topnotes which are usually low-boiling fresh-smelling materials.

In perfume compositions, it is the individual components which contribute to their particular olfactory characteristics, however, the overall sensory effect of the perfume composition will be at least the sum total of the effects of each of the ingredients. Thus, one or more Prins reactions products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention can be used to alter, modify, or enhance the aroma characteristics of a perfume composition, for example, by utilizing or moderating the olfactory reaction contributed by another ingredient in the composition.

The amount of one or more Prins reaction product or Prins reaction product derivative prepared in accordance with the process of my invention which will be effective in perfume compositions as well as in perfumed articles (e.g. anionic, nonionic, cationic or zwitterionic detergents, soaps and fabric softener compositions and articles) and colognes depends upon many factors including the other ingredients, their amounts and the effects which are desired. It has been found that perfume compositions containing as little as 0.01% of one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention and less 50% of one or more of the Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention or even less (e.g., 0.005%) can be used to impart a woody, ionone-like, fruity, floral, amber, cedarwood-like, vanoris-like, peach, coriander-like, oriental citrusy and minty aroma to soaps, cosmetics, anionic, cationic, nonionic, or zwitterionic detergents, fabric softener compositions, fabric softener articles or other products. The amount employed can range up to 70% of the fragrance components and will depend on considerations of cost, nature of the end product, the effect desired on the finished product and the particular fragrance sought.

One or more of the Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention is useful (taken alone or together with other ingredients in perfume compositions) as (an) olfactory component(s) in detergents and soaps, space odorants and deodorants, perfumes, colognes, toilet water, bath preparations, such as creams, deodorants, hand lotions and sun screens; powders, such as talcs, dusting powders, face powders and the like. When used as (an) olfactory component(s) as little as 0.2% of one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention, will suffice to impart an intense woody, ionone-like, fruity, floral, amber, cedarwood-like, vanoris-like, peach, coriander-like, citrusy and minty aroma to cedarwood formulations. Generally, no more than 6% of one or more of the Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention based on the ultimate end product is required in the perfume article composition.

In addition, the perfume composition or fragrance composition of my invention can contain a vehicle or carrier for one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention. The vehicle can be a liquid, such as a non-toxic alcohol, a non-toxic glycol, or the like. The carrier can also be an absorbent solid, such as a gum (e.g., gum arabic) or components for encapsulating the composition (such as gelatin) as by coacervation.

It will thus be apparent that one or more Prins reaction product or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention can be utilized to alter, modify or enhance sensory properties, particularly organoleptic properties such as flavors and/or fragrances of a wide variety of consumable materials.

Furthermore, one or more of the Prins reaction products or derivatives thereof prepared in accordance with the process of my invention are capable of supplying and/or potentiating certain flavor and aroma notes usually lacking in many smoking tobacco flavors and substitute tobacco flavors provided herein.

As used herein in regard to smoking tobacco flavors, the terms "alter" and "modify" in their various forms mean "supplying or imparting flavor character or note to otherwise bland smoking tobacco, smoking tobacoo substitutes, or smoking tobacco flavor formulations or augmenting the existing flavor characteristic where a natural flavor is deficient in some regard or supplementing the existing flavor impression to modify its quality, character or taste".

As used herein, the term "enhance" is intended to mean the intensification (without change in kind of quality of aroma or taste) of one or more taste and/or aroma nuances present in the organoleptic impression of smoking tobacco or a smoking tobacco substitute or a smoking tobacco flavor.

My invention thus provides an organoleptically improved smoking tobacco product and additives therefor, as well as methods of making the same which overcome specific problems heretofore encountered in which specific desired oriental, fruity, rum-like and Turkish tobacco-like notes on smoking and prior to smoking in the main stream and in the side stream are created or enhanced and may be readily controlled and maintained at the desired uniform level regardless of variations in the tobacco components of the blend.

My invention further provides improved smoking tobacco additives and methods whereby various oriental, fruity, rum-like and Turkish tobacco notes prior to smoking and on smoking are imparted (in the main stream and in the side stream) to smoking tobacco products and may be readily varied and controlled to produce the desired uniform flavor characteristics.

In carrying out this aspect of my invention, I add to smoking tobacco materials or a suitable substitute therefor (e.g., dried lettuce leaves) an aroma and flavor additive containing as an active ingredient at least one Prins reaction product of Prins reaction product derivative prepared in accordance with the process of my invention.

In addition to the one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention, other flavoring and aroma additives may be added to the smoking tobacco materials or substitute therefor either separately or in admixture with the one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention as follows:

(i) Synthetic Materials

Beta-ethyl-cinnamaldehyde;

Beta-cyclohomocitral;

Eugenol;

Dipentene;

β-Damascenone;

β-Damascone;

Maltol;

Ethyl maltol;

Delta-undecalactone;

Delta-decalactone;

Benzaldehyde;

Amyl acetate;

Ethyl butyrate;

Ethyl valerate;

Ethyl acetate;

2-Hexenol-1;

2-Methyl-5-isopropyl-1,3-nonadiene-8-one;

2,6-Dimethyl-2,6-undecadiene-10-one;

2-Methyl-5-isopropyl acetophenone;

2-Hydroxy-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-decahydronaphthalene;

Dodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethylnaphtho-[2,1,b]-furan;

4-Hydroxy hexanoic acid, gamma lactone; and

Polyisoprenoid hydrocarbons defined in Example V of U.S. Pat. No. 3,589,372 issued on June 29, 1971.

(ii) Natural Oils

Celery seed oil;

Coffee extract;

Bergamot Oil;

Cocoa extract;

Nutmeg oil;

Origanum oil

An aroma and flavoring concentrate containing one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention and, if desired, one or more of the above-identified additional flavoring additives may be added to the smoking tobacco material, to the filter or to the leaf or paper wrapper. The smoking tobacco material may be shredded, cured, cased and blended tobacco material or reconstituted tobacco material or tobacco substitutes (e.g., lettuce leaves) or mixtures thereof. The proportions of flavoring additives may be varied in accordance with taste but insofar as enhancement or the imparting of natural and/or sweet notes, I have found that satisfactory results are obtained if the proportion by weight of the sum total of one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives produced to smoking tobacco material is between 250 ppm and 1,500 ppm (0.025%-0.15%) of the active ingredients to the smoking tobacco material. I have further found that satisfactory results are obtained if the proportion by weight of the sum total of one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention is between 2,500 and 15,000 ppm (0.25%-1.50%).

Any convenient method for incorporating one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention in the tobacco product may be employed. Thus, one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives taken alone or along with other flavoring additives may be dissolved in a suitable solvent such as ethanol, pentane, diethyl ether and/or other volatile organic solvents and the resulting solution may be either sprayed on the cured, cased and blended tobacco material or the tobacco material may be dipped into such solution. Under certain circumstances, a solution containing one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention taken alone or taken further together with other flavoring additives as set forth above may be applied by means of a suitable applicator such as a brush or roller on the paper or leaf wrapper for the smoking product, or it amy be applied to the filter by either spraying, or dipping, or coating.

Furthermore, it will be apparent that only a portion of the smoking tobacco or substitute therefor need be treated and the thus treated tobacco may be blended with other tobaccos before the ultimate tobacco product is formed. In such cases, the tobacco treated may have one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention in excess of the amount or concentrations above indicated so that when bleached with other tobaccos, the final product will have the percentage within the indicated range.

In accordance with one specific example of my invention, an aged, cured and shredded domestic Burley tobacco is sprayed with a 20% ethyl alcohol solution of substantially pure material produced according to Example II, being a mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR81## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds in an amount to provide a tobacco composition containing 800 ppm by weight of said Prins reaction product derivative having the structure: ##STR82## on a dry basis.

Thereafter, the alcohol is removed by evaporation and the tobacco is manufactured into cigarettes by the usual techniques. The cigarette, when treated as indicated, has a desired and pleasing aroma prior to smoking which can be described as fruity, oriental-like and rum-like and on smoking in the main stream and the side stream, a sweet, oriental-like, fruity, rum-like and Turkish tobacco-like aroma.

While my invention is particularly useful in the manufacture of smoking tobacco such as cigarette tobacco, cigar tobacco and pipe tobacco, other smoking tobacco products formed from sheeted tobacco dust or fines may also be used. Likewise one or more Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention can be incorporated with materials such as filter tip materials, seam paste, packaging materials and the like which are used along with tobacco to form a product adapted for smoking. Furthermore, one or more of the Prins reaction products or Prins reaction product derivatives prepared in accordance with the process of my invention can be added to certain tobacco substitutes of natural or synthetic origin (e.g., dried lettuce levels) and, accordingly, by the term "tobacco" as used throughout this specification is meant any composition intended for human consumption by smoking or otherwise, whether composed of tobacco plant parts or substitute materials or both.

The following Example A sets forth means for synthesizing precursors for use in synthesizing the products of my invention. The following Examples I-V illustrate methods of my invention used to manufacture Prins reaction products and Prins reaction product derivatives of my invention. Examples subsequent to Example V serve to illustrate the organoleptic utilities of my invention of the Prins reaction products and Prins reaction product derivatives manufactured in accordance with the processes of Examples I-V.

All parts and percentages given herein are by weight unless otherwise specified.

EXAMPLE A Preparation of Diisoamylenes

Reaction: ##STR83##

Diisoamylene is prepared according to one of the procedures set forth in the following references:

(i) Murphy & Lane, Ind. Eng. Chem., Prod. Res. Dev., Vol. 14, No. 3, 1975 p. 167 (Title: Oligomerization of 2-Methyl-2-Butene in Sulfuric Acid and Sulfuric-Phosphoric Acid Mixtures).

(ii) Whitmore & Mosher, Vol. 68, J. Am. Chem. Soc., February, 1946, p. 281 (Title: The Depolymerization of 3,4,5,5-Tetramethyl-2-hexene and 3,5,5,-Trimethyl-2-heptene in Relation to the Dimerization of Isoamylenes).

(iii) Whitmore & Stahly, Vol. 67, J. Am. Chem. Soc., December, 1945, p. 2158 (Title: The Polymerization of Olefins. VIII The Polymerization of Olefins in Relation to Intramolecular Rearrangements. II).

(iv) U.S. Pat. No. 3,627,700 issued on Dec. 14, 1971, (Zuech).

(v) U.S. Pat. No. 3,538,181 issued on Nov. 3, 1970, (Banks).

(vi) U.S. Pat. No. 3,461,184 issued on Aug. 12, 1969 (Hay, et al).

(vii) Gurwitsch, Chemische Berichte, 1912, Vol. 2, p. 796 (Production of Di-isoamylene From Isoamylene Using Mercury Acetate Catalyst).

As an illustration, and not by way of limitation, the following example sets forth the preparation of diisoamylenes useful in producing the fragrance materials of my invention.

Over a period of ten hours, 2-methyl-2-butene is pumped through a 5'×5/8 (0.625 inch) tube packed with 15.0 grams of polystyrene sulfonic acid catalyst, at a temperature of 100° C. and at a pressure of 400 psig.

The resulting material was distilled in a fractionation column in order to separate the diisoamylene from the higher molecular weight polymers, which are formed during the reaction as by-products.

FIG. AA represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of this Example A using a 70% sulfuric acid catalyst at 35° C.

FIG. AB represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of this Example A using an Amberlyst®15 acidic ion exchange resin catalyst at a temperature of 150° C.

FIG. AC represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of this Example A, using an Amberlyst®15 catalyst at 100° C.

FIG. AD represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of this Example A, using a sulfuric acid catalyst and an alpha-methylstyrene diluent at 35° C. according to the conditions of United Kingdom Patent Specification No. 796,130 (crude reaction product).

FIG. AE represents the GLC profile for the reaction product of this Example A, using a sulfuric acid catalyst at 35° C. and an alpha-methylstyrene diluent according to the conditions of United Kingdom Patent Specification No. 796,130 (distilled reaction product).

FIG. BA represents the NMR spectrum for peak 1 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE. Peak 1 has been determined by analysis to be the compound having the structure: ##STR84##

FIG. BB represents the infra-red spectrum for peak 1 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE.

FIG. CA represents the NMR spectrum for peak 2 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE. Peak 2 contains the compounds having the structures: ##STR85##

FIG CB represents the infra-red spectrum for peak 2 of the GLC profile of FIG. AE.

FIG. D represents the NMR spectrum for peak 2 of the GLC profile of FIG. AB.

EXAMPLE I Preparation of Acetic Acid Ester Mixture of C₁₁ Alcohols

Reaction: ##STR86##

Into a 3 liter reaction flask equipped with reflux condenser, addition funnel, thermometer, stirrer and heating mantle is placed 1428 ml acetic anhydride (14 moles) and 25 ml boron trifluoride etherate (0.25 moles). The reaction mass is heated to 103° C. and while maintaining the reaction mass at 103°-108° C., over a period of 30 minutes, a mixture of 1600 ml diisoamylene prepared according to Example A (10.6 moles) and 324 grams of paraformaldehyde (10.8 moles of formaldehyde) is added slowly to the reaction mass. The reaction mass is then maintained at 85°-88° C. over a period of 2 hours. The reaction mass is then cooled and poured onto 2 liters of water and washed with 3 two-liter volumes of 5% sodium hydroxide followed by one 1500 ml portion of saturated sodium chloride. The reaction mass is then mixed with 400 ml methylene dichloride and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The reaction mass is then distilled on a 2 inch packed column yielding the following fractions:

    ______________________________________                                         Fraction                                                                              Vapor      Liquid     Pressure                                                                              Weight of                                  Number Temp. (°C.)                                                                        Temp. (°C.)                                                                        mm/Hg. Fraction (g)                               ______________________________________                                         1      36          73        1.4     92                                        2      73          90        .6      96                                        3      82          99        .6     106                                        4      86         102        .6     105                                        5      86         105               110                                        6      95         146        1.5    218                                        7      146        224                68                                        ______________________________________                                    

and then redistilled on a 6 inch silver column packed with stones to yield the following fractions:

    ______________________________________                                         Fraction                                                                              Vapor      Liquid     Pressure                                                                              Weight of                                  Number Temp. (°C.)                                                                        Temp. (°C.)                                                                        mm/Hg. Fraction (g)                               ______________________________________                                         1      30/89      89/96      4.4/4.4                                                                               34                                         2      78          93        2.0    93.5                                       3      94          75        2.0    84                                         4      77          95        1.6    75.7                                       5      80          97        1.6    93.8                                       6      80         100        1.6    90                                         7      81         104        1.6    75                                         8      84         115        1.6    45.3                                       9      138        181        1.6    50.8                                       ______________________________________                                    

FIG. 1 is the GLC profile for the reaction product prior to distillation.

FIG. 2 is the GLC profile for fraction 8 of the foregoing distillation product of the foregoing reaction product.

FIG. 3 is the NMR spectrum for the foregoing reaction product subsequent to distillation.

FIG. 4 is the infra-red spectrum for the foregoing reaction product.

EXAMPLE II Preparation of C₁₁ Alcohol

Reaction: ##STR87##

Into a 5 liter reaction flask equipped with stirrer, addition funnel, thermometer, nitrogen purge apparatus and heating mantle is placed:

1155 grams of the ester mixture prepared according to Example I

864 grams of 50% sodium hydroxide solution (10.8 moles)

1 liter water

The reaction mass is heated at reflux with stirring for a period of 12 hours at 65°-67° C.

The reaction mass is then transferred to an open head separatory funnel and washed with one liter of saturated sodium chloride solution whereupon the pH of the oil layer is 6 and the pH of the aqueous layer is 12. The net weight of the oil layer is 1192 grams. The reaction mass is then distilled on a 2 inch stone packed column yielding the following fractions:

    ______________________________________                                         Fraction                                                                              Vapor      Liquid     Pressure                                                                              Weight of                                  Number Temp. (°C.)                                                                        Temp. (°C.)                                                                        mm/Hg. Fraction (g)                               ______________________________________                                         1      52/85      80/90      182/125                                                                               75                                         2      55         105        100    94                                         3      78         106        30     76                                         4      88         106        1      84                                         5      81         89         1      92                                         6      83         73         1      94                                         7      71         81         1      79                                         8      69         80         1      83                                         9      69         80         1      80                                         10     69         80         1      86                                         11     68         82         1      87                                         12     69         82         1      90                                         13     66         90         1                                                 14     60         125        1                                                 ______________________________________                                    

FIG. 5 is the GLC profile for the resulting reaction product.

FIG. 6 is the NMR spectrum for fraction 7 of the foregoing distillation of the instant reaction product.

FIG. 7 is the infra-red spectrum for the foregoing reaction product.

EXAMPLE III Formation of C₁₁ Unsaturated Alcohol Propionate

Reaction: ##STR88## wherein in each of the compounds, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Into a 1 liter reaction flask equipped with reflux condenser, addition funnel, thermometer, heating mantle and nitrogen feed line, is placed 400 ml (3.0 moles) of propionic anhydride. The propionic anhydride is heated to 110° C. and through the addition funnel is added 225 grams (1.5 moles) of the alcohol produced according to Example II. The reaction mass is maintained at 110° C. for a period of a half hour during the addition. At the completion of the addition (after a half hour), 20 ml of 50% sodium hydroxide and 80 ml water is added to the reaction mass. The reaction mass is stirred for an additional half hour at 110° C.

The reaction mass is transferred to an open head separatory flask containing 2 liters of water. Two phases now exist; an aqueous phase and an organic phase. The organic phase is washed with 100 ml 5% sodium hydroxide. The oil phase is then washed with 100 ml saturated sodium chloride solution so that the pH is 6. The reaction mass is then distilled on a 1 inch stone packed column yielding the following fractions:

    ______________________________________                                         Fraction                                                                              Vapor      Liquid     Pressure                                                                              Weight of                                  Number Temp. (°C.)                                                                        Temp. (°C.)                                                                        mm/Hg. Fraction (g)                               ______________________________________                                         1      49/169     95/120     78     43                                         2      98         106        1      55                                         3      90         100        1      46                                         4      85          98        1      45                                         5      83          89        1      47                                         6      84          99        1      56                                         7      84          99        1      50                                         8      66         143        1      40                                         9      55         170        1                                                 ______________________________________                                    

FIG. 8 is the GLC profile of the reaction product.

FIG. 9 is the NMR spectrum for the reaction product.

FIG. 10 is the infra-red spectrum of the reaction product.

EXAMPLE IV Preparation of Isobutyric Acid Ester of C₁₁ Alcohol

Reaction: ##STR89##

Into a 1 liter reaction flask equipped with reflux condenser, addition funnel, thermometer, heating mantle, gas bubbler and nitrogen purge apparatus, is placed 475 grams of isobutyric anhydride. The isobutyric anhydride is heated to 110° C. with stirring. Over a period of 1.5 hours, the C₁₁ alcohol mixture produced according to Example II, 255 grams, is added to the propionic anhydride. At the end of the addition of the C₁₁ alcohol, the reaction mass is heated for another 30 minutes at 110° C. The reaction mass is then admixed with 20 ml 50% sodium hydroxide and 80 ml water. The reaction mass is then transferred to a separatory funnel containing 1 liter of water. The reaction mass separates into an organic phase and an aqueous phase. The organic phase is washed with two 200 ml portions of water and stirred for 15 minutes. The organic phase is then washed with 5% sodium hydroxide until a pH of 6.

The reaction mass is then distilled on a 2 inch stone packed column yielding the following fractions:

    ______________________________________                                         Fraction                                                                              Vapor      Liquid     Pressure                                                                              Weight of                                  Number Temp. (°C.)                                                                        Temp. (°C.)                                                                        mm/Hg. Fraction (g)                               ______________________________________                                         1      34/42      55/68      .1     76                                         2      69         91         .1     77                                         3      80         95         .1     88                                         4      69         90         .1     90                                         5      67         113        .1     75                                         6      68         165        .1     12                                         ______________________________________                                    

FIG. 11 is the GLC profile for bulked fractions 1-6 of the foregoing reaction product.

FIG. 12 is the NMR spectrum for the major peak in the GLC profile of FIG. 11 which consists of the compound having the structure: ##STR90##

FIG. 13 is the infra-red spectrum for the major component of the GLC profile of FIG. 11 produced according to this example consisting of the compound having the structure: ##STR91##

EXAMPLE V(A) Production of Reaction Product of Diisoamylene with Formaldehyde and Acetic Anhydride in the Presence of Sulfuric Acid Catalyst

Reaction: ##STR92##

Into a 12 liter, 3 neck reaction flask equipped with stirrer, thermometer, reflux condenser and addition funnel, is placed 3,400 ml glacial acetic acid; 1,040 grams acetic anhydride followed by 1,200 grams of paraformaldehyde (powder) and 40 grams of concentrated (93%) sulfuric acid. The resulting mixture is heated to 90° C. Dropwise, over a period of 2 hours while maintaining the reaction temperature at 90° C., 2,800 grams (4 liters) of diisoamylene prepared according to Example A is added to the reaction mass. The reaction mass is then stirred for an additional 1 hour at 90° C.

The reaction mass is then cooled to room temperature and poured into 2 liters of water. The organic layer is separated from the resultant aqueous layer and the organic layer is washed as follows:

One 1 liter portion of water

Two liters of 12.5% sodium hydroxide solution

Two 1 liter portions of saturated sodium chloride solution

The resulting organic layer is then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and stripped of solvent.

The resulting concentrate is then fractionally distilled on a 2 inch stone packed column yielding the following distillation fractions and at the following conditions:

    ______________________________________                                         Fraction                                                                              Vapor      Liquid     Pressure                                                                              Weight of                                  Number Temp. (°C.)                                                                        Temp. (°C.)                                                                        mm/Hg. Fraction (g)                               ______________________________________                                         1      32/45      52/59      3.0/2.0                                                                               330                                        2      62          75        2.0    352                                        3                                   377                                        4      81          95        2.0    405                                        5      90         105        2.0    398                                        6      95         111        2.0    404                                        7      101        120        2.0    369                                        ______________________________________                                    

The resulting product is then redistilled (bulked fractions 2,3,4,5,6 and 7) on a Goodloe column yielding the following fractions:

    ______________________________________                                         Fraction                                                                              Vapor      Liquid     Pressure                                                                              Weight of                                  Number Temp. (°C.)                                                                        Temp. (°C.)                                                                        mm/Hg. Fraction (g)                               ______________________________________                                         1      43/67      97/90      6      78                                         2      73         93         6      73                                         3      76         93         6      45                                         4      76         93         6      79                                         5      81         95         6      33                                         6      82         95         6      91                                         7      81         95         6      101                                        8      81         95         6      78                                         9      65         92         3      79                                         10     65         92         3      75                                         11     63         92         3      86                                         12     63         93         3      97                                         13     63         93         3      97                                         14     63         94         3      97                                         15     63         97         3      108                                        16     63         98         3      78                                         17     63         101        3      94                                         18     66         104        3      44                                         19     68         108        3      64                                         20     69         115        3      70                                         21     74         130        3      52                                         22     85         135        3      71                                         23     100        136        3      58                                         24     110        147        3      97                                         25     118        225        3      66                                         ______________________________________                                    

FIG. 14 is the GLC profile for fraction 2 of the foregoing distillation of the reaction product of this example.

FIG. 15 is the GLC profile for fraction 9 of the foregoing distillation product of the reaction product of this example.

FIG. 16 is the NMR spectrum for the reaction product of this example.

FIG. 17 is the infra-red spectrum for peak 2 of FIG. 14, the GLC profile for fraction 2 of the foregoing distillation product of the reaction product of this example.

EXAMPLE V(B) Hydrolysis of Cyclic Material Prepared According to Example V(A)

Reaction: ##STR93##

Into a 5 liter reaction flask equipped with thermometer, stirrer and reflux condenser is charged:

1,400 grams of the cyclic ether prepared according to Example V(A)

1,046 grams of 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide

100 ml water

5 grams of Aliquat®336 (cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride manufactured by the General Mills Chemical Company of Minneapolis, Minn.)

The reaction mass is heated to reflux and maintained at reflux for a period of 8 hours (111° C.; atmospheric pressure). The reaction mass is subsequently cooled to room temperature and is now in two phases, an aqueous phase and an organic phase. The organic phase is removed and washed with saturated sodium chloride whereby the pH thereof is 7-8.

The crude oil is then removed and distilled on an 18 inch Goodloe, silver mirror distillation column yielding the following fractions:

    ______________________________________                                                 Vapor   Liquid                 Weight of                               Fraction                                                                               Temp.   Temp.    Pressure                                                                              Reflux Fraction                                Number  (°C.)                                                                           (°C.)                                                                            mm/Hg. Ratio  (g)                                     ______________________________________                                         1       88/89   60/60      4/2.4                                                                               4:1    68                                      2       60      90       2.4    4:1    97                                      3       60      90       2.4    4:1    93                                      4       60      90       2.0    4:1    85                                      5       53/58   89/90    1.7/1.4                                                                               4:1    88                                      6       58      91       1.2           89                                      7       60      90       1.6    4:1    95                                      8       58      93       1.3    4:1    95                                      9       63      95       1.4    1:1    85                                      10      63      99       1.3    1:1    102                                     11      63      102      1.2    1:1    88                                      12      65      104      1.2    1:1    89                                      13      68      115      1.2    1:1    86                                      14      68      220      1.2    1:1    54                                      ______________________________________                                    

The resulting material is then analyzed via IR, NMR and mass spectral analysis. The infra-red spectrum is set forth in FIG. 18.

EXAMPLE VI Tobacco Formulations

Tobacco mixtures are prepared by admixing the following ingredients:

    ______________________________________                                         Ingredients     Parts by Weight                                                ______________________________________                                         Bright          40.1                                                           Burley          24.9                                                           Maryland        1.1                                                            Turkish         11.6                                                           Stem (flue-cured)                                                                              14.2                                                           Glycerine       2.8                                                            Water           5.3                                                            ______________________________________                                    

Cigarettes are prepared from this tobacco.

The following flavor formulation is prepared:

    ______________________________________                                         Ingredients    Parts by Weight                                                 ______________________________________                                         Ethyl butyrate .05                                                             Ethyl valerate .05                                                             Maltol         2.00                                                            Cocoa extract  26.00                                                           Coffee extract 10.00                                                           Ethyl alcohol  20.00                                                           Water          41.90                                                           ______________________________________                                    

The above stated tobacco flavor formulation is applied at the rate of 1.0% to all of the cigarettes produced using the above tobacco formulation. The cigarettes are divided into groups as follows:

Group A treated with 500 ppm of a mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR94## prepared according to Example I wherein in the mixture each of the molecules contains a compound wherein one of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon single bond.

Group B--a mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR95## produced according to Example II wherein in the mixture in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Group C--mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR96## produced according to Example III wherein in each of molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Group D--a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR97## produced according to Example IV wherein in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Group E--a mixture of compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR98## wherein in the mixture in each of the molecules, one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds.

Group F--not treated with any additional substances.

Group F is indicated to be "control cigarettes". The control cigarettes and the experimental cigarettes, Groups A, B, C, D and E, which contain various compounds defined according to the genus: ##STR99## wherein one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines represent carbon-carbon single bonds; wherein the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; wherein when the wavy line represents a carbon-carbon single bond, Z represents methylene and when the wavy line represents no bond, Z represents hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl prepared according to Examples I-V(B) inclusive, are evaluated by paired comparison and the results are as follows:

The experimental cigarettes of Groups A, B, C, D and E are found to have more body and tobacco smoke flavor and a fuller body sensation. The tobacco notes are described as "Turkish-like" with oriental, fruity and rum-like nuances both prior to and on smoking in the main stream and in the side stream. The flavor of the tobacco on smoking is in addition, sweeter and more aromatic. All of the cigarettes are evaluated for smoke flavor with a 20 mm cellulose acetate flavor. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A process of augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco composition or smoking tobacco article component comprising the step of adding to a smoking tobacco composition or at least a portion of a smoking tobacco article, an aroma or taste augmenting or enhancing quantity of at least one compound defined according to the structure: ##STR100## wherein one of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon single bond; wherein the wavy line: is a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond at all; wherein Z represents hydrogen, --CH₂ --, or C₂ -C₄ acyl; with the proviso that when the wavy line: is no bond at all, Z represents hydrogen or C₂ -C₄ acyl and when the wavy line: is a carbon-carbon single bond, then Z represents --CH₂ --. 